The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1918, Page 38

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again, and we were permitted to commemorate the
triumph of Jesus over death and the grave. Our
hearts were filled with the thanks which the Spirit
made St. Paul utter in the words quoted above. We
by grace, through faith, are made partakers of the
mighty conquest of the Prince of Heroes, the Chiefest
among ten thousand.

But our Lord’s triumph did not cease with His
victory many Easters ago. Constantly, by His Word
and Spirit, through His ministers, He has been mak-
ing a “drive” into the ranks of the adversary, and
has taken many prisoners, adding to the Church
such as should be saved.

By His grace, on Easter Sunday, we were enabled
to udd 15 souls to the church by confirmation. ‘These
persons made a splendid public confession of the faith
which the Spirit of God had kindled in their hearts
when they received instruction in the Word of God.
One of them was an old man, the oldest in our com-
munity. Brother Bridges is eighty-four years-old.
A Mrs. Reagins was the other adult catechumen.
The other thirteen were young people who are at-
tending our parochial school. Three children were
baptized. There are 8 catechumens whom we ex-
pect to confirm in the summer. — Such wedges are
being driven into the enemies’ lines all along the

- battle front in Alabama.

May the Lord continue to bless His work, and
bring His true Church as a priceless pearl to many
in this heretofore spiritually barren section! Let us
work and fight, and, with each advance made, voice
.our battle-cry, “Thanks be to God, which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!”

M. N. Carter.

Items of Interest from Our Colored
Mission Field.

Mansoura, La. —In a brief communication Rey.

'W. J. Tervalon, our missionary at Mansura, informs

us that on Palm Sunday he had the great pleasure
and privilege of confirming ten children.
ALABama. — At Tinela ten adults and ten chil-
dren were recently. received into the church, the
former by confirmation and the latter by Baptism.

_ This is the first class of catechumens received. It

was prepared for confirmation by Miss Elizabeth

Cannon, the zealous teacher at this station. The
"missionary examined the class in the essentials of

the Christian religion before he confirmed them,
and found them well grounded. After the service

.there upon several occasions, though they were

the newly confirmed furnished the congregation and
visitors with a substantial lunch. The chapel was
crowded to its utmost capacity during the service,
and many were compelled to remain outside. —
Nyland is a new place, where preaching service was
held for the first time on February eighth. A goodly
number of people living at Nyland had heard of our
work at Midway, and though it was nine miles to
this place, a number of them had come to services

obliged to walk there. A number began to attend
the instruction hours regularly. But the distance
being so great and the roads so bad, the workers
at Midway decided to hold services at Nyland. Miss
Rosa Young, the efficient teacher at Midway, went
there the first time about three months ago, and
since then the missionary preaches there every ‘l'ues-
day night. In order to reach the place, he must
travel eight miles by auto, cross the river in a skiff,
and make the balance of the trip on the back of a
mule. Bill Kennedy, a faithful Nylander, coimes
four miles to the river with his mule to get the mis-
sionary, and after services again brings him back to
the river, making a total distance of sixteen miles.
This certainly shows the good will of Bill Kennedy,
and the people as a whole showed their good will
when on Easter they collected more than eight dol-
lars. Every Friday night Miss Rosa Young goes to
Nyland to instruct the old and young. ‘Tob Eth-
ridge, a member at Midway, but living at Nyland,
gets the teacher in a buggy every Friday after school,
and brings her back again the following morning,
thus making two round trips of eighteen miles each !
We cannot refrain from expressing our gratification
over the zeal of the workers and the members. May
God bless the work that is being done at Nyland!
— At Possum Bend a special program was rendered
by the children under the direction of Miss Georgie
Marsh, the teacher at’ Possum Bend, who had care-
fully drilled her pupils for the occasion. ‘The service
was well attended, and Holy Communion was also
celebrated. The congregation at Possum Bend now
numbers sixty-four souls. At their last meeting the
ladies of the Aid Society made curtains for the win-
dows of the chapel and school. Our good people at
Possum Bend are still waiting for some congrega-
tion to donate them an altar and pulpit, as well as
a carpet for the altar platform. Any one who has
a good story-book for the library which is being
gathered at Possum Bend, may send it to Miss
Georgie Marsh, R.1, Box 97, Camden, Ala. — At
Midway the special Easter service with a children’s

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